re: teens and salinger

randy royal (randyr@southeast.net)
Fri, 02 Jan 1998 14:25:16 -0500

>I dont see why a TEEN Salinger list must be any different then any other
>Salinger list?
>
>
first of all, let me say that as a human being i am currently 13. when i
first joined this list around late june, there was the usual amount of
tangents, but with a hell of a lot more critical study of the works we all
love. no offense, but one of the things i have noticed is that a lot of new
members who came during one of our increasingly frequent digressions would
fail to see our sometimes superb critiques. it is not singularly teens.
that do this, although i will admit that salinger attracts a huge teen
following with catcher, and that we have seen in increase in teen
membership simply because it is fall, more people go and get online at
college, and sign on here.
	i think we *need* digressions. what else are we going to talk about?
salinger has published four books over the past forty years or so, his
publisher is teasing us with Hapworth 16 (the new book. not the aol
subscriber of a similiar name.) and the man won't publish anymore! for this
list to be healthy and growing i think 10-50 pertinent messeages a day
would be great.

happy new year, 

randy